RFA Argus

I was down in Portsmouth recently. The weather was fairly grim, with low grey clouds and frequent rain. I did see RFA Argus leave port. RFA Argus is a support vessel that can carry a few helicopters. She isn't a hospital ship but can receive casualties and has a CT scanner. She started life as an Italian cargo ship and was bought by the MoD during the Falklands War.

As she was going past it was just about possible to see the Isle of Wight in the background. It wasn't raining at that point but visibility wasn't that good. The hovercraft was late, presumably because the Argus was going across the hovercrafts route.